Lach Huyen Port Infrastructure Project and Soil Improvement Works

Abstract

To cover cargo demand in northern part of Vietnam and to fit large size vessel in marine transportation sector, an international deep sea port for 100,000 DWT size vessel is being constructed in Lach Huyen area situated at south east part of Hai Phong City. In this project, reclamation work is being conducted at Port Terminal Area and Access Road Area. In the construction area, totally 20m to 30m of fine soil (clay, slit and sandy clay) layers are distributed. To accelerate the consolidation and to reduce the residual consolidation settlement during port operation, soil improvement works are being carried out by cement deep mixing method and prefabricated vertical drain method. In this paper, overall construction project will be introduced in briefly and then soil improvement works will be presented.